This publication contains monthly information on sales of new motor vehicles in each state/territory in original, seasonally adjusted and trend estimated terms. The original data are sourced from the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries. Sales data are available for passenger vehicles, other vehicles and total vehicles at the state/territory and national levels.

OCTOBER 2002 KEY POINTS

Trend

The trend estimate for total new motor vehicle sales rose in October 2002 for the fifth consecutive month. The rise of 0.4% (or 314 vehicles) over the previous month was the smallest since June 2002. Passenger vehicle sales rose by 0.4% (or 171 vehicles) this month while other vehicle sales rose by 0.6% (or 143 vehicles).

Over the twelve months from October 2001, Queensland recorded the largest rise (18% or 2,110 vehicles) in total new motor vehicle sales whereas the Northern Territory recorded the largest fall (6.2% or 39 vehicles). Tasmania recorded the largest fall in new passenger vehicle sales (13.7% or 109 vehicles) and also the largest rise in new other vehicle sales (25.3% or 106 vehicles).

Seasonally adjusted

The seasonally adjusted estimate of total new motor vehicle sales fell by 0.5% (or 341 vehicles) in October 2002 compared with the previous month. A small rise of 0.3% (or 115 vehicles) was recorded for new passenger vehicle sales whereas a fall of 1.8% (or 456 vehicles) was recorded for new other vehicle sales.

NOTES

DATA QUALITY

Due to a processing problem with the data supplier for heavy truck sales, other vehicles were understated by 367 units in July 2002. These missing units have been included in the August 2002 sales data for other vehicles. The impact on the original series is as follows: New South Wales (119 units), Victoria (63 units), Queensland (84 units), South Australia (18 units), Western Australia (65 units), Tasmania (14 units) and the Northern Territory (4 units).

SUMMARY - TREND AND SEASONAL ANALYSIS

Table 1: New Motor Vehicle Sales

Passenger vehicles (No.)

Other vehicles (a) (No.)

Total vehicles (No.)

Change Passenger vehicles (%)

Change Other vehicles (%)

Change Total vehicles (%)

Original

2001

August

44,861

21,137

65,998

-3.0

5.9

-0.3

September

40,257

18,992

59,249

-10.3

-10.1

-10.2

October

45,575

20,805

66,380

13.2

9.5

12.0

November

47,510

23,252

70,762

4.2

11.8

6.6

December

48,193

20,838

69,031

1.4

-10.4

-2.4

2002

January

39,779

18,778

58,557

-17.5

-9.9

-15.2

February

42,776

22,019

64,795

7.5

17.3

10.7

March

44,828

22,996

67,824

4.8

4.4

4.7

April

42,052

21,834

63,886

-6.2

-5.1

-5.8

May

46,448

26,675

73,123

10.5

22.2

14.5

June

49,101

29,680

78,781

5.7

11.3

7.7

July

45,923

23,859

69,782

-6.5

-19.6

-11.4

August

45,122

24,525

69,647

-1.7

2.8

-0.2

September

43,396

22,638

66,034

-3.8

-7.7

-5.2

October

48,269

24,063

72,332

11.2

6.3

9.5

Seasonally Adjusted

2001

August

43,344

21,124

64,468

-4.8

0.4

-3.2

September

44,281

21,858

66,139

2.2

3.5

2.6

October

43,579

21,162

64,741

-1.6

-3.2

-2.1

November

43,719

22,068

65,787

0.3

4.3

1.6

December

46,970

20,668

67,638

7.4

-6.3

2.8

2002

January

49,327

25,036

74,363

5.0

21.1

9.9

February

45,836

24,037

69,873

-7.1

-4.0

-6.0

March

43,275

21,485

64,760

-5.6

-10.6

-7.3

April

46,228

23,784

70,012

6.8

10.7

8.1

May

45,205

24,572

69,777

-2.2

3.3

-0.3

June

44,206

22,533

66,739

-2.2

-8.3

-4.4

July

43,865

24,134

67,999

-0.8

7.1

1.9

August

45,256

25,550

70,806

3.2

5.9

4.1

September

45,945

25,284

71,229

1.5

-1.0

0.6

October

46,060

24,828

70,888

0.3

-1.8

-0.5

Trend

2001

August

43,256

20,720

63,976

0.3

1.8

0.8

September

43,757

21,186

64,943

1.2

2.2

1.5

October

44,535

21,681

66,216

1.8

2.3

2.0

November

45,348

22,103

67,451

1.8

1.9

1.9

December

45,979

22,491

68,470

1.4

1.8

1.5

2002

January

46,309

22,862

69,171

0.7

1.6

1.0

February

46,239

23,162

69,401

-0.2

1.3

0.3

March

45,802

23,332

69,134

-0.9

0.7

-0.4

April

45,201

23,455

68,656

-1.3

0.5

-0.7

May

44,731

23,609

68,340

-1.0

0.7

-0.5

June

44,642

23,882

68,524

-0.2

1.2

0.3

July

44,848

24,290

69,138

0.5

1.7

0.9

August

45,106

24,682

69,788

0.6

1.6

0.9

September

45,402

25,023

70,425

0.7

1.4

0.9

October

45,573

25,166

70,739

0.4

0.6

0.4

(a) Other vehicle figures for July 2002 and August 2002 have been affected by reporting problems. See Notes.

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